bauble
pronunciation
How to pronounce bauble in British English:
UK [ˈbɔ:bl]
How to pronounce bauble in American English:
US [ˈbɔbəl]
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- Noun:
- a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Word Origin
- bauble (n.)
- "showy trinket or ornament," early 14c., from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty" (see bene-). Or else related to babe, baby.
Example
- 1. That 's a pretty impressive bauble you got her .
- 2. The jester brandished his bauble .
- 3. The road to the ancient home of the glass christmas tree bauble is a long and treacherous one .
- 4. Indeed , as she sat in her rocking-chair these several evenings before going to bed and looked out upon the pleasantly lighted street , this money cleared for its prospective possessor the way to every joy and every bauble which the heart of woman may desire .
- 5. Now art thou sociable , now art thou romeo ; now art thou what thou art , by art as well as by nature : for this drivelling love is like a great natural , that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole .